Guide to May 2012 TV premieres, finales, specials

May can be a difficult month for the serious couch potato, what with regular season finales happening at the same time new series are launching. So to help you out, here's a guide to the season and series finales, plus season, series, original movie and specials premieres happening in May. I'll continue to add to this list whenever I find something new.

You may have seen the cast and crew of "Boss" in downtown Chicago over the past couple of weeks. (On Tuesday RedEye spotted star Kelsey Grammer at one of his city haunts, Spacca Napoli Pizzeria in Ravenswood.) They've been filming Season 2 of the series, which Starz will premiere at 9 p.m. Aug....

Probably the most famous graphic novel series in the world, "XIII" is not as well known in the U.S. ReelzChannel might change that in June when it premieres "XIII: The Series." UPDATE: "XIII: The Series" will premiere at 8 p.m. June 29 on Reelz. Based on the spy stories of Belgians Jean Van...

The University of Illinois' rescinded job offer to a professor and a controversy over a faculty blog at Chicago State University helped land the two schools on a 2014 "worst of" list for student and faculty free speech rights.